Business Development Manager

Web Industries; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Web Industries seeks a Business Development Manager for the Aerospace Market. You will develop demand, identify opportunities, and guide customers from prospecting through contract close, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Requires 5+ years in sales/technical roles, a technical degree, and strong leadership and communication skills. Role supports remote work from the Midwest or Eastern US, with 40–60% travel to customer sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional sales, marketing or technical experience.
• Technical sales/engineering background required.
• Excellent organization, leadership and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• New business development through target accounts and demand creation.
• Pipeline and opportunity management across the sales cycle.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to win contracts.
• Support marketing strategies and industry insights.
• Travel to accounts 40-60% of the time.

Skills

Sales experience

Technical background

Leadership

Presentation skills

Hunter / demand creator

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Web Industries a 100% employee-owned company (ESOP), which brings a lot of advantages to the people who work here - beyond thegreat pay and excellent benefits. You're not just an employee, you are an employee-owner, with a vested interest in the success of the company. Web Industries' founder, Bob Fulton, believed that the people who create the value of a company, the employees, should share in the success of the company. We believe there is a real energy that exists when people are open, honest, and work together to meet mutual goals. We do this by living our values:

Heart of an Owner: Taking personal responsibility and pride in our work.

Stronger Together: The power of collaboration and teamwork.

Find a Way: Determination and creativity to overcome challenges

As a company, we thrive on that energy and work to bring it into every product and every project that we touch. At Web, we believethe employee experience is paramount to our company's success. Working with us, you'll experience a myriad of cultures, locations, industries, and technologies. And you'll be part of an employee-owned company dedicated to helping you achieve a fulfilling life and a rewarding career.

To conform to U.S. Government aerospace and defense technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Remote - location preferred Midwest/Eastern United States

Business Development Manager - Aerospace Market

Are you looking to be a part of a dynamic, high-growth sales culture in a values-oriented company? Do you want to align with a leader in providing innovative converting solutions for the Aerospace market? Do you want to leverage your sales talent and make a difference for your customers, within your company, and for your sales career? Join Web Industries.

We are looking for sales professionals who want the challenge of creating demand for our services, selling and closing business in our Aerospace segment. At Web Industries, you will have the opportunity to:

• Leverage your skills as a sales professional to scope, define and implement effective sales plans for your assigned territory or market.
• Use your sales skills to prospect, develop and close opportunities in your assigned territory or market.
• Participate in an aggressive compensation plan to maximize your earnings potential.
• Work directly with client accounts throughout their lifecycle including contract negotiation, deployment of our services, and up-sell / cross-sell opportunities.
• Provide regular feedback regarding the sales cycle, customer experience, customer needs, marketing programs, industry trends and competitive threats for our growing business.
• Make a long-term contribution to a values-oriented, dynamic, and energized company.

Qualifications

• You must be a leader with 5+ years of professional sales, marketing or technical experience.
• Technical sales / engineering background is required. Experience selling or working in contract manufacturing and with flexible, web based materials is preferred.
• You must be a high-energy, high character, and entrepreneurial sales professional with an unwavering commitment to excellence for yourself, the customer and your employer. Excellent organization, leadership and presentation skills are necessary in this business.
• You must be passionate, self-starting and resourceful with a willingness to work as a part of a small, growing team. This is a fast-paced industry and environment; therefore, you must be self-managed and adaptable to change and growth.
• You must have a successful track record selling in a solution-oriented, products and services, long-term contract model. This track record should include performance as a hunter / demand creator with new accounts and territories (not as an account manager or caretaker).
• You must be assertive with exceptional communication, relationship, and networking skills. You must have an executive presence and be politically savvy to lead a team-based, complex sale.
• You should be comfortable with (and desire) an aggressive, highly leveraged compensation plan to maximize your earnings potential.
• You should be comfortable following a consistent team-based process and methodology for winning new business - with a sales cycle that could last 6-24 months depending on the size and duration of the contract.
• You must be detail-oriented and highly skilled at Customer Relationship Management (CRM) using Salesforce.com on a daily basis.
• A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a technical field is required.
• The position requires you to have experience working out of your own established home office.
• Relocation from your home office is not offered.
• You must be willing to devote 40-60% of your time to traveling to your accounts.

Responsibilities

• New business development - Developing new business through target account identification, demand creation, territory development, prospecting, and lead cultivation.
• Pipeline Management - Managing a balanced pipeline of opportunities.
• Opportunity Management - Proactively leading cross-functional teams through the sales process. Driving/orchestrating the significant milestones (discovery, qualification, linkage to pains and urgencies, connections with powerful decision makers, objection handling and differentiation, managing power and politics, presentations, proposal development, negotiations, closing).
• Operations Team Support - Supporting the information and development needs of the servicing plant(s) personnel (Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Customer Care, etc.).
• Sales/Marketing Strategy Development - Assisting in the development of strategies and tactics for capturing new customers in the Consumer Products market.
• Industry Consultant - Staying current on market information through trade journals, meetings, and industry contact networks. Anticipating emerging opportunities in strategic markets and preparing plans to capitalize on them.
• SalesForce.com - Complying with company directives to fully utilize our SalesForce.com database (contact management, opportunity pipeline, customer complaints, key events, and documentation).
• Promotional Opportunities - Making recommendations to the Director of Business Development regarding print advertising, trade show participation and other promotional activities.

Your Attributes / Intangibles

You must be:

• A businessperson who excels at the craft of business development.
• A business leader that commands a Seat at the Table with C-Level Executives.
• A holistic thinker who can link prospects and customer strategy to solutions.
• A strategic thinker with strong business acumen, an insatiable curiosity and passion for learning.
• A person of strong character, values, ethics, and morals.
• A passionate and positive personality who is highly relational and opportunistic.
• A confident and driven competitor.
• A proven, proactive demand creator.
• A person of focus, organization, preparation, and drive.
• A natural team leader who is collaborative and creative.
• A great listener and communicator.
• We like fun people with a good sense of humor and a lot of enthusiasm, energy, and intelligence - just so you know.

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS